Celebrity Kids & Parents

NASA's Astronaut Mom Opens Up Before Six-Month Stint in Space

Elina Bolokhova — Fri, 10 May 2013 13:50:38 +0000

With Mother's Day right around the corner, there is a lot of talk about "super moms." Meet the real deal: Karen Nyberg can fly through the air as if there weren't any gravity. That's because where she works, there isn't any. She takes a break from training in Star City, Russia to chat with Parenting about preparing to leave her husband and 3-year-old son behind to spend six months at the International Space Station.

Niki Taylor, Supermom

Leonora Desar — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 01:25:35 +0000

When she was 21, Niki Taylor became the first supermodel to grace six magazine covers in just one month. Now, at 38, Taylor is a mom of four to identical twins Jake and Hunter, 18; Ciel, 4; and Rex, 17 months. She’s also a philanthropist, and on April 27^th she’ll be kicking off the March of Dimes’ annual March for Babies in Miami. We caught up with the superstar mom to chat about motherhood, modeling and her proudest parenting moment.

Drew Barrymore on Momhood

Giuliana and Bill Rancic — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 14:59:28 +0000

Giuliana and Bill Rancic chat with mompreneur Drew Barrymore about her new baby, Olive, guilt, and growing up in the Hollywood spotlight.

G&B: New baby and new makeup line—how are you managing it all? Olive must be a good sleeper!

DB: She is a good sleeper, but it is because I am very strict with her schedule.

G&B: What was the inspiration for Flower Beauty?

Jillian Michaels on Becoming a Mom

Jillian Michaels — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 21:11:15 +0000

After 27 grueling hours of labor (poor Heidi), our son, Phoenix, was born. Seventy-two hours later, I'm on a plane to Port-au-Prince to scoop up our daughter, Lukensia, and make our family complete.

Jada Pinkett-Smith Defends Her Parenting Style

Kimberly Horner — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 15:55:18 +0000

Jada Pinkett-Smith, wife of Will Smith and mama of Willow, 12, and Jaden, 14, has no regrets when it comes to letting her kids take the spotlight.

“As a parent I will never ask my children to be less,” said Pinkett-Smith in an interview with Chris Witherspoon. “I’m going to educate my children and empower them in a way that they can have whatever.”

Nia Vardalos on "Instant" Motherhood

Brian Braiker — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 20:30:55 +0000

When Nia Vardalos, writer and star of My Big Fat Greek Wedding, left for New York to promote her new book this week, her daughter Ilaria looked up and told her, "Go get some kids adopted."

Perez Hilton: The New Dad

Sabrina James — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 20:06:58 +0000

“He was born that way, the boy with pink hair.”

The opening line of Perez Hilton’s children’s book The Boy With Pink Hair describes a child with cotton candy-colored locks that make him different from everyone else.

Giuliana and Bill Rancic Interview New Mama Kristin Davis

Giuliana and Bill Rancic — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 20:56:05 +0000

G&B: How did you feel when you first brought Gemma home?

KD: All of my friends told me that I would be great with a baby, but I was so nervous. Only going through the first days with an infant will tell you that you can, in fact, do it.

G&B: Describe your “mom style” for us.

Dad-to-be Dax Shepard on Endings and New Beginnings

Kimberly Horner — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 20:06:22 +0000

At a time when he should have been celebrating new beginnings, Parenthood actor Dax Shepard was helping his father prepare for the end. Just when Shepard and his wife Kristen Bell learned they were expecting their first child, Shepard’s father was diagnosed with cancer.

“Whoever was writing my life couldn’t figure out which storyline they wanted to tell, and decided to tell them all at once,” Shepard wrote Wednesday in his honest and tear-inducing blog post.

Style and Sippy Cups

Marissa Kraxberger — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 21:04:35 +0000

A day in the life of Marissa Kraxberger, mom of two, VP of creative at Oscar de la Renta, and voice behind the brand's new kid fashion blog, georgeandruby.com.

5:30 A.M.: Hit the gym. While I'm on the elliptical, I'm on my iPad reading The Giver, by Lois Lowry.

7 A.M.: Back home. Alexa, 3, and Hayden, 21 months, are up. The first word out of their mouths: iPad. I hand it over so they can play Toca Boca Kitchen Monsters.